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Short Answer: We don't know.
Some possibilities:
There was some sort of heavenly announcement, similar to the voice of the Father at Jesus' baptism (reference)
Jesus explained it to them, as He was accustomed to having to do for them. (Keep in mind that there is a lot of stuff that wasn't recorded in Scripture!) (reference)
They recognized it by divine ...
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1 “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. (Matthew 6:1)
In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. (Matthew 5:16)
God is telling us not to be prideful and boast ...
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Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, and Zealots were the four primary religious/political factions of the time.
Pharisees were keepers of the Law and held the entire (what we would call) Hebrew Bible as the word of YHWH. They emerged from the exile as the dominant faction because they (correctly) connected Israel's abandoning of the Law as the reason for the ...
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A brief look at any harmony of the Gospels will immediately point out an obvious fact - namely, Matthew, Mark, and Luke go over a lot of the same ground, but John is very different.
For the uninitiated, a harmony of the Gospels is a work that attempts to show the life of Christ in chronological order, pointing of the reference texts.
The number of ...
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In context:
21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how
that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders
and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the
third day. 22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be
it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee. 23 ...
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I am not sure I'm understanding the question. I see two possible things you might be asking...
I don't know about evidences of others calling them the four Gospels (not sure that's exactly what your last sentence is asking), but there is first century manuscript evidence for at least some of the Gospels.
There is potentially evidence for the book of ...
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This potential discrepancy is addressed at http://www.apologeticspress.org/apcontent.aspx?category=6&article=768
Possible resolutions to the discrepancies between the accounts:
Possibility #1: Initially, both thieves reviled Christ, but then one of them repented.
After hearing Jesus’ words on the cross, and seeing His forgiving
attitude, the ...
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A large, solid rock that served as a foundation to build something upon that nothing could wipe out calls to mind the end of the Sermon on the Mount:
Matthew 7:24-25
24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them,
I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
25 And the rain descended, and the ...
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Check out the easy to read version (more at my level, haha ;) :
Matthew 6:1-18
Easy-to-Read Version (ERV) Jesus Teaches About Giving
6 “Be careful! When you do something good, don’t do it in front of
others so that they will see you. If you do that, you will have no
reward from your Father in heaven.
2 “When you give to those who are ...
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It does not mean:
do not fight temptation to sin
do not defend yourself
Look at the context in which the passage is found:
38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
40 And ...
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Irenaeus
We can thank Irenaeus, not only for identifying the tetramorph gospel, but also for providing the names of the authors who are traditionally assigned to them. He summarized the tradition he received:
Matthew also issued a written Gospel among the Hebrews in their own dialect, while Peter and Paul were preaching at Rome, and laying the ...
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In the case of the devils wanting to have permission to enter the pigs rather than be cast into no particular place it seems to be under a simple desire of destruction. The demons are enraged to destroy and in this story we clearly see the bounds of the destruction they seek are under the power of God. They are tied to a divine leash, not being permitted to ...
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This is an English translation of the Decretum Gelasianum de Libris Recipendis et Non Recipiendts. The Decretum Gelasianum was issued by Pope Gelasius [Pope of Rome 492-96].
One of the apocryphum mentioned is "the Gospel in the name of Barnabas".
Now, the document floating around in the present day is probably a 16th century writing, just based on content ...
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Mason and Dan have both noted the literal significance of the blood/water issue. It was a medical indication that A) he was dead and B) he didn't die as the direct result of the crucifixion.
On practical thing we can note from this is that Jesus was in control of things right up to the end. We know from Scripture that nobody forced Jesus's life from him, he ...
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First, the Bible is the entire collection of Jewish scripture (known by Christians as the "Old Testament") and Christian scripture (which also includes the "New Testament") as recognized by modern Christian groups. Most Christian groups recognize 66 "books" (or individual pieces of literature) as their Bible. Some Christian groups add additional "books". ...
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From the Gospel of John, we learn that He wore sandals:
"...He is the one who comes after me, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
John 1:27
He also wore a single piece undergarment, and apparently four other items of clothing:
When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each ...
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I guess I'd question whether or not God's children really do suffer more than the wicked. We all suffer in this world, and while some Christians suffer horrific things, so do non-believers. But assuming the premise is true...
This is one of the great philosophical questions to which there are many answers given. There are several possible reasons for any ...
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While there are some verses that can be misinterpreted as suggesting that Jesus is somehow not God, there are many more that make it absolutely certain that Jesus is, indeed, God. I will first address the verses you brought up. This will be a bit long, but I hope it's worth it.
Acts 2:22
In Acts 2, Peter is speaking in his first sermon to unbelieving ...
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I don't know of any symbolic importance of this, beyond the obvious: this is very unusual! Blood is blood, water is water, and they don't show up together inside the human body. When was the last time you saw someone bleed like that?
What's interesting is that such a condition is actually quite consistent with modern medical knowledge, under a very ...
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The clearest statements I know of are its exclusion from the N.T. That alone suggests that it was either not present at the time the N.T. was codified or that, if it was present (doubtful as there are no references to it prior to the Renaissance), then it was not viewed as having a substantial claim as being Apostolic.
At a minimun, however, the very fact ...
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The answer from swasheck is pretty good, and more than I personally know. But I'll put in 2 cents just for fun and completeness.
The Sadducees denied bodily resurrection. Which is why, as any Catechist will tell you, is why they are "so sad, you see".
As for the Essenes, lots of folks speculate that John the Baptist was one of these folks (although since ...
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It's interesting that Jesus often ends the telling of a parable with the phrase "He who has ears to hear, let him hear." (Matthew 11:15, 13:9, 43; Mark 4:9, 23; Luke 8:8) During Jesus' life and ministry, much of Jesus' teaching was, indeed, veiled, but only to those who did not have ears to hear. Perhaps those who really wanted to follow Jesus would ...
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Approaching the throne of grace is an inward action and would actually be a natural part of going to one's brother to be reconciled (perhaps along the lines of "Thank you God for bringing this issue to mind and please give me the proper words when I go before my brother.").
If one was coming before one's king, who is renown for his love of justice, to ...
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I don't see how to answer this without copying and pasting the entire resolution from the other site, but in summary, each person documented what they heard, and in total we can deduce what he actually said, which is, all in a loud voice, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?", then "Father, unto thy hands I commend my spirit:"and finally, "It is ...
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In short, shaking the dust of your feet is way of indicating uncleanliness.
From the Believers Bible Commentary:
R. Guelich suggests that shaking off dust from the feet, the symbolic act that Jesus’ disciples were to carry out when leaving a rejecting village (6:11), has a threefold meaning (322–3):
• It announces the inevitability of judgment ...
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The Gospel of Mark explains the dust-shaking a tiny but further.
7 He summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by
two and gave them authority over unclean spirits. 8 He
instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick—no
food, no sack, no money in their belts. 9 They were,
however, to wear sandals but not a second ...
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This question is based on a faulty premise - namely that any individual "suppressed" any book in the canonization process. To say that a book was "discredited" or "suppressed" from the canon is akin to saying that "Fifty Shades of Grey" was "discredited" from the NY Times Best Seller List, or that the kid with an SAT in the 80th percentile was 'suppressed' ...
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Yes and no. He preferred the gospel of John over the synoptic gospels, under his somewhat unusual view of revelational clarity within the canonical books. i.e. some books are more clear and powerful then others. For example, many would agree that Romans is more useful than proverbs in terms of communicating the message of salvation, but Luther was much more ...
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To contribute to the exceptional answers already here with a bit of additional information, the source material referred to as Q (or Q source, or Q Gospel, name from the German Quelle) is held in common between both Matthew and Luke, in addition to the common material from Mark, which is presumed to be written first. That said, there is debate on the nature ...
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From an Evangelical perspective, "The Gospel" means "The Good News". The news, specifically that even though we are sinners, hopelessly separated from God, unable to save ourselves, Christ dies for us, to pay the penalty for our sins.
It is the good news that is revealed to us in the Bible. The Bible is the collection of 66 books (Genesis-Revelations), ...
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